Raani Begum
@raanibegum.bsky.social
Speaking into existence.
Queer. Sex worker.
Desi 🏴
Disabled. Mad.
Organizer. (Harm reduction, mask blocs, etc)
Anarchist. Writing somewhere
Queer. Sex worker.
Desi 🏴
Disabled. Mad.
Organizer. (Harm reduction, mask blocs, etc)
Anarchist. Writing somewhere
I love the Internet. I'm so thankful for the way it has opened up my world and has kept me safe. And increasingly, I feel like it's unusable. Weirdly, I think the unusability of the Internet is impacting my mental health.
November 28, 2025 at 4:10 AM
I love the Internet. I'm so thankful for the way it has opened up my world and has kept me safe. And increasingly, I feel like it's unusable. Weirdly, I think the unusability of the Internet is impacting my mental health.
The same platform that shadowbans and deletes SWers
November 23, 2025 at 5:36 PM
The same platform that shadowbans and deletes SWers
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Tip for law enforcement: All real Antifa members carry a laminated membership card, if they don't have one they're definitely not Antifa
October 31, 2025 at 7:01 AM
Tip for law enforcement: All real Antifa members carry a laminated membership card, if they don't have one they're definitely not Antifa
By the end of this week, 42 million Americans would lose SNAP benefits. That's $7.8 billion USD. Yes, please give to mutual/direct aid, please share resources etc. But please be aware that we do not have 7.8 billion USD. That is the whole point. Please, just, sit with it.
October 30, 2025 at 2:00 AM
By the end of this week, 42 million Americans would lose SNAP benefits. That's $7.8 billion USD. Yes, please give to mutual/direct aid, please share resources etc. But please be aware that we do not have 7.8 billion USD. That is the whole point. Please, just, sit with it.
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I need food and bills money for next month - I 'm losing my snap benefits and I won't have income for the next couple months; unless I can get my housing situation sorted, I'm also in danger of losing my housing and need to cover for the loss of a roommate to split rent & bills with
plz help 🙏💚
plz help 🙏💚
*rattling my tin can*
I haven't been able to return home for weeks after my ex-roommate assaulted me; food is expensive when I have no means to cook, and my food budget next month is gonna be nearly $300 short due to the cancellation of SNAP benefits
c/a $razorgrrl
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I haven't been able to return home for weeks after my ex-roommate assaulted me; food is expensive when I have no means to cook, and my food budget next month is gonna be nearly $300 short due to the cancellation of SNAP benefits
c/a $razorgrrl
paypal.me/razorgrrlrec...
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October 29, 2025 at 5:27 AM
I need food and bills money for next month - I 'm losing my snap benefits and I won't have income for the next couple months; unless I can get my housing situation sorted, I'm also in danger of losing my housing and need to cover for the loss of a roommate to split rent & bills with
plz help 🙏💚
plz help 🙏💚
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Every single one of the academic and professional enablers of Bhattacharya, Makary, Prasad, and by extension RFK Jr should be asked to account for the devastating consequences of their contrarianism, their asinine epistemic overreach, their refusal to listen to disabled people/patients.
October 24, 2025 at 5:53 PM
Every single one of the academic and professional enablers of Bhattacharya, Makary, Prasad, and by extension RFK Jr should be asked to account for the devastating consequences of their contrarianism, their asinine epistemic overreach, their refusal to listen to disabled people/patients.
I really hate this conversation on "I don't need to read, I have lived experience" and then others going "but that is soooo reactionary and anti intellectual" like those are the only two .
Finally figured out today why I hate it.
Finally figured out today why I hate it.
October 24, 2025 at 4:02 AM
I really hate this conversation on "I don't need to read, I have lived experience" and then others going "but that is soooo reactionary and anti intellectual" like those are the only two .
Finally figured out today why I hate it.
Finally figured out today why I hate it.
Need (free?) substack recommendations of anarchist writers thank you
October 17, 2025 at 12:55 PM
Need (free?) substack recommendations of anarchist writers thank you
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remember when obama was nicknamed “deporter-in-chief”?
I remember
I remember
Did Obama and Biden specifically deploy masked up agents to blue cities to raid and cuff residents of entire apartment buildings?
October 7, 2025 at 1:03 AM
remember when obama was nicknamed “deporter-in-chief”?
I remember
I remember
I'm not trying to be a hater but it's very interesting how I'm treated by industry peers for being a CC worker vs a ⚪ person.
Not surprised. Just. Recording it here. If you know what I mean.
Not surprised. Just. Recording it here. If you know what I mean.
October 6, 2025 at 8:23 PM
I'm not trying to be a hater but it's very interesting how I'm treated by industry peers for being a CC worker vs a ⚪ person.
Not surprised. Just. Recording it here. If you know what I mean.
Not surprised. Just. Recording it here. If you know what I mean.
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It's Rebelle's special day!
Please help them celebrate by getting some good food and a good book!
Please help them celebrate by getting some good food and a good book!
October 3, 2025 at 12:48 PM
It's Rebelle's special day!
Please help them celebrate by getting some good food and a good book!
Please help them celebrate by getting some good food and a good book!
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“banning pornography” is bad on its own but it is imperative that everyone understand that these people consider the very existence of queer people to be pornographic
they consider the most chaste depiction of a queer relationship, or an openly trans person, to be porn and they want it banned
they consider the most chaste depiction of a queer relationship, or an openly trans person, to be porn and they want it banned
You don’t have to like, approve of, or engage with porn and nsfw work to see how right wing extremists are using fear and stigma around smut to ban queer people from public life, define “good” sex as only between married people for procreation, and otherwise further force white supremacy on everyone
July 24, 2025 at 4:56 PM
“banning pornography” is bad on its own but it is imperative that everyone understand that these people consider the very existence of queer people to be pornographic
they consider the most chaste depiction of a queer relationship, or an openly trans person, to be porn and they want it banned
they consider the most chaste depiction of a queer relationship, or an openly trans person, to be porn and they want it banned
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This used to be regarded as textbook government censorship, but they banned the textbooks and cut off access to the internet so now it's just some Friday in 2025.
reason.com/2025/07/24/t...
reason.com/2025/07/24/t...
This bill would fine social media companies $5 million every day for not fighting 'terrorism'
The STOP HATE Act wants social media platforms to report their moderation policies and outcomes to the government.
reason.com
July 25, 2025 at 9:51 PM
This used to be regarded as textbook government censorship, but they banned the textbooks and cut off access to the internet so now it's just some Friday in 2025.
reason.com/2025/07/24/t...
reason.com/2025/07/24/t...
It's whiplash but like. People either genuinely have no idea at all about COVID or they talk about it in these dodgy embarrassed way and it just really, really illustrates the inequities of information access.
July 25, 2025 at 2:24 PM
It's whiplash but like. People either genuinely have no idea at all about COVID or they talk about it in these dodgy embarrassed way and it just really, really illustrates the inequities of information access.
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It wasn't fascism when Gavin Newsom was institutionalizing the homeless & mentally ill because he's a democrat, just when Trump does it. And it wasn't fascism before that because those people deserve it. You really think you can fight this without a shift in societal attitudes of who has worth?
July 25, 2025 at 11:27 AM
It wasn't fascism when Gavin Newsom was institutionalizing the homeless & mentally ill because he's a democrat, just when Trump does it. And it wasn't fascism before that because those people deserve it. You really think you can fight this without a shift in societal attitudes of who has worth?
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It's not just "porn" sites. As of midnight, any site that allows NSFW is now legally required in the UK to bar visitors unless they present a govt ID, submit to a biometric scan, or otherwise identify themselves.
That means Discord, Bluesky, Reddit, X.
The anonymous internet is now closed.
That means Discord, Bluesky, Reddit, X.
The anonymous internet is now closed.
The UK is launching ‘porn age checks’. This is what will happen
The UK is about to launch some of the strongest checks on pornography in the world.
www.the-independent.com
July 24, 2025 at 11:25 PM
It's not just "porn" sites. As of midnight, any site that allows NSFW is now legally required in the UK to bar visitors unless they present a govt ID, submit to a biometric scan, or otherwise identify themselves.
That means Discord, Bluesky, Reddit, X.
The anonymous internet is now closed.
That means Discord, Bluesky, Reddit, X.
The anonymous internet is now closed.
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July 23, 2025 at 1:20 AM
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hyperawareness is both is a two edged sword cause i like knowing whats going on but also
when you notice every fucking thing
the slick words
the pauses
the absence
micro expressions
it makes it real hard to want to fuck w ppl at all
when you notice every fucking thing
the slick words
the pauses
the absence
micro expressions
it makes it real hard to want to fuck w ppl at all
July 22, 2025 at 3:57 AM
hyperawareness is both is a two edged sword cause i like knowing whats going on but also
when you notice every fucking thing
the slick words
the pauses
the absence
micro expressions
it makes it real hard to want to fuck w ppl at all
when you notice every fucking thing
the slick words
the pauses
the absence
micro expressions
it makes it real hard to want to fuck w ppl at all
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Love that how Bluesky is handling 85% of the people from Gaza entering stage five of a famine is by mass deleting their accounts again
July 22, 2025 at 7:19 AM
Love that how Bluesky is handling 85% of the people from Gaza entering stage five of a famine is by mass deleting their accounts again
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Our next workshop for Sudan is coming up in less than a week on July 27th with the talented Sudanese photographer Ala Kheir. Sudanese students can attend for free wherever you are. All proceeds go to mutual aid networks on the ground.
Sign up here:
chuffed.org/project/work...
Sign up here:
chuffed.org/project/work...
July 21, 2025 at 11:27 PM
Our next workshop for Sudan is coming up in less than a week on July 27th with the talented Sudanese photographer Ala Kheir. Sudanese students can attend for free wherever you are. All proceeds go to mutual aid networks on the ground.
Sign up here:
chuffed.org/project/work...
Sign up here:
chuffed.org/project/work...
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The battle over the gas turbines powering xAI's data center began last April when thermal imaging seemed to show that the firm was lying about dozens of turbines that could be a major source of smog-causing pollution.
Permit for xAI’s data center blatantly violates Clean Air Act, NAACP says
Evidence suggests health department gave preferential treatment to xAI, NAACP says.
arstechnica.com
July 17, 2025 at 1:26 PM
The battle over the gas turbines powering xAI's data center began last April when thermal imaging seemed to show that the firm was lying about dozens of turbines that could be a major source of smog-causing pollution.
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They hired a security guard at my job to tell ICE agents to fuck off what a time to be alive.
June 24, 2025 at 6:24 PM
They hired a security guard at my job to tell ICE agents to fuck off what a time to be alive.